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Chicago     as    a  Tourist    Point 
and    Summer  Resort. 


HAT  Chicago,  the  second  largest  city*  in  population  in  the 
western  hemisphere,  and  the  fifth  largest  in  the  world,  the  city 
having  a  population  in  1910,  by  the  U.  S.  Census,  of  2,185,283 — 
that  this  western  metropolis  and  "Great  Central  Market" 
should  be  visited  by  all  tourists  desiring  to  broaden  their 
knowledge  of  the  world  and  experience  the  pleasures  that  a 
city  of  such  size  affords,  is  a  matter  easily  understood.  There 
are  exceptionally  good  local  reasons  why  the  summer  time 
may  be  appropriately  selected  for  such  a  visit;  but,  if  there 
were  not,  it  certainly  can  be  no  worse  to  tour  Chicago  than 
"to  do"  the  various  European  cities  in  midsummer,  as  so 
many  Americans  are  in  the  habit  of  doing.  Nevertheless,  it 
may  not  be  quite  so  apparent  why  Chicago  should  be  con- 
sidered in  the  category  of  summer  resorts.  Delightfully 
comfortable  days,  with  cool  breezes  and  sunny  skies,  and  a 
restful  environment,  combined  with  enjoyable  entertainment 
and  interesting  sights  and  experiences,  are  not  generally 
understood  to  be  an  adjunct  of  a  large  city  in  summer  time. 
But  such  thought  is  erroneous  in  the  case  of  Chicago.  It 
possesses  all,  and  more,  of  the  qualities  mentioned,  as  can  be 
attested  by  the  great  number  of  its  well-to-do  families  who 
from  preference  remain  in  their  city  homes  during  the  heated 
term  as  the  most  comfortable  place  to  be  in  at  such  time  of  all 
their  travel  experience,  and  also  by  the  very  considerable 
colony  from  the  South  that  have  for  a  number  of  years  made 
Chicago  their  place  of  summer  sojourn  for  weeks,  and,  in 
some  cases,  months  at  a  time.  The  reasons  for  its  possessing 
all  and  more  of  the  qualities  mentioned  are  manifold,  but 
in  a  broad  way  they  will  be  briefly  epitomized  in  the  following 


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The  Boulevard. 


Inner  Portion  of  Park. 


MICHIGAN   AVENUE,  GRANT   PARK  AND 

pages.  First  its  location  at  the  foot  of  Lake  Michigan  makes  it  a  seashore  city 
in  every  sense  except  that  the  waters  that  lave  its  shore  are  fresh  instead  of  salt 
and  there  is  no  perceptible  going  and  coming  of  the  tide.  From  its  beaches  and 
water  front  one  looks  out  upon  the  same  broad  expanse  and  water-line  horizon  as 
does  one  at  the  Atlantic  Coast  resorts,  and  a  pleasure  trip  on  a  lake  steamer 
takes  one  out  of  sight  of  land  as  quickly,  or  even  more  so,  owing  to  a  low  coast 
line,  as  is  the  case  from  any  ocean  port.  For  those  who  have  never  seen  any  of 
our  mighty  inland  seas,  it  may  help  to  a  realization  of  their  magnitude  to 
remember  that  the  greatest  width  of  Lake  Michigan  is  but  eleven  miles  short  of 
being  the  same  as  the  rail  distance  between  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore,  and  that 
its  length  is  within  four  miles  of  the  rail  distance  between  Philadelphia  and 
Pittsburgh;  in  other  words,  the  lake  is  84  miles  in  width  and  345  miles  long. 

Supplementing  the  climatic  influence  of  the  lake  is  the  vast  outlying  prairie 
country  forming  the  land  boundaries  of  Chicago,  and  also  the  territorial  greatness 
of  the  city  itself,  for  it  is  191.6  square  miles  in  area.  Furthermore,  in  general 
characteristics,  Chicago's  physical  upbuilding  has  been  on  the  open  order  principle, 
particularly  in  the  residence  district;  that  is,  its  streets  are  wide,  a  semblance,  at 
least,  of  yard  room  prevails  in  the  home  districts,  and  scattered  about  in  all 
sections  are  breathing  spaces  of  varying  size  and  nature.  This  last  in  addition  to 
a  wonderful  park  and  connecting  boulevard  system,  scattered  through  the  three 
principal  divisions  of  the  city  and  aggregating  4,428.50  acres.  Hence,  it  will  be 
seen  that  all  physical  conditions  combine  to  give  refreshing  breezes  from  all 
quarters  a  chance  for  free  circulation  and  to  make  Chicago  a  comfortable  city  in 
which  to  sojourn  during  any  portion  of  the  summer.  There  is  nothing  pent  up  or 
enclosed  about  Chicago. 


CHICAGO'S  SUMMER  CLIMATE. 

A  hint  has  been  given  in  the  preceding  paragraphs  of  some  of  the  causes  that 
contribute  to  or  influence  Chicago's  summer  climate.      It  may  be  truthfully  stated 


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Illinois  Central  R.  R.  Tracks — Depressed  below  Park  Level. 


Outer  Park — Under  Construction. 


THE  LAKE  — FROM  CENTRAL  STATION. 

in  a  general  way  that  the  bracing  character  of  Chicago's  weather  the  year  round 
is  a  potent  factor  in  the  well-known  reputation  of  its  people  for  vigorous  energy 
and  initiative;  and  that  its  summer  season,  as  a  whole,  is  characterized  by  a 
moderation  of  temperature,  an  utter  absence  of  a  dry  heat,  and  a  prevalence  of  a 
vitalizing  quality  in  the  atmosphere  that  serves  as  a  tonic  to  make  living  in  this 
great  metropolis,  even  during  midsummer,  a  comfortable  proposition  all  of  the 
time,  and  for  most  of  the  time  a  delight.  Some  "hot  spells"  do,  of  course,  occur, 
but  they  almost  invariably  are  of  but  two  or  three  days'  duration,  as  shown  by  the 
records  of  the  local  weather  bureau.  Even  at  their  worst,  the  heat  waves  have 
a  modicum  of  vitality,  and  they  seldom,  if  ever,  succeed  in  causing  a  Chicagoan 
to  lose  sleep  on  account  of  unbearably  hot  nights.  On  the  contrary,  the  nights  as 
a  rule  are  particularly  cool  and  comfortable. 

In  explanation  of  this  general  summary  is  the  fact  that  mighty  Lake  Michigan 
serves  as  a  regulator  to  Chicago's  weather.  Does  a  hot  spell  begin  to  get  near  the 
annoying  point,  the  wind  shifts  to  the  northeast  and  brings  in  a  refreshingly  cool 
breeze  that  dispels  the  torrid  wave;  for,  as  the  temperature  of  the  water  of  the 
vast  lake  varies  much  slower  than  does  that  of  the  land  of  the  prairies,  the  air  over 
the  former  is  the  colder  and  most  dense,  and  rushes  into  the  hotter  and  therefore 
more  rarefied  air  over  the  land,  causing  a  so-called  lake  breeze  and  an  evening-up 
of  the  temperature.  Probably  the  greatest  gift  and  blessing  that  nature  has 
bestowed  on  Chicago  is  its  summer  lake  breezes. 

As  a  matter  of  fact  and  interest  in  this  connection,  the  sudden  and  radical 
changes  of  summer  temperature  that  are  liable  to  occur  in  Chicago  must  be 
mentioned.  A  drop  of  the  thermometer  from  fifteen  to  twenty  degrees  in  less 
than  an  hour,  although  by  no  means  a  common  occurrence,  is  what  has  taken 
place  in  the  past  and  is  liable  to  occur  at  most  any  time.  Hence,  for  such  and  less 
marked,  but  more  common  changes,  the  tourist  is  cautioned  to  always  bring  a  top 
coat  or  a  light  wrap  with  him  or  her  to  Chicago,  even  in  midsummer. 

Thunder  storms,  when  they  occur,  are  apt  to  prevail  with  characteristic 
Chicago  energy,  but  they  are  not  of  excessive  frequency  or  of  long  duration. 


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Cook  County  Courthouse  and  City  Hall 


The  Weather  Bureau  statistics  on  this  subject,  for  a  recent  average  year,  show 
that  during  the  spring,  summer  and  fall  months  there  were  five  thunder  storms 
each  in  May  and  September;  seven  each  in  June,  July  and  August,  and  two  in 
October.  These  thunder  storms  are  one  of  nature's  most  invigorating  tonics,  and 
are  a  factor  in  the  prevailing  delightfully  cool  days  with  which  Chicago  is  blessed 
during  the  warm  season. 

For  the  six  months,  May  to  October,  inclusive  —  October  is  generally  a 
"beautiful"  month  in  Chicago,  although,  of  course,  certain  recreative  out-of-door 
features  are  then  out  of  season  —  for  the  six  months  mentioned  there  was  but  one 
day  each  in  June,  July,  August  and  September  when  the  official  registration  of 
the  thermometer  reached  ninety  degrees  or  over,  and  the  highest  it  registered  in 
that  time  was  ninety-two  degrees,  on  August  1 1th  and  September  1st,  respectively. 
During  the  same  period  the  thermometer  went  as  low  as  thirty-four  degrees  in 
May,  the  mean  for  the  month  being  fifty-two  degrees;  in  June  the  lowest  registered 
was  forty-seven  degrees,  with  a  mean  for  the  month  of  sixty-six  degrees;  in  July 
the  record  was  fifty-five  degrees  lowest  and  seventy-three  degrees  mean;  fifty- 
four  and  seventy-one  degrees  were  the  respective  lowest  and  mean  for  August; 
September's  record  was  thirty-nine  degrees  minimum  and  sixty-five  degrees  mean, 
while  those  for  October  were  thirty-five  and  fifty-three  respectively.  The  mean 
temperature  for  the  combined  months  of  June,  July  and  August  was  seventy 
degrees.  That  the  year  thus  quoted  for  Chicago  was  not  exceptional  in  the 
delightful  average  of  its  temperature  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  in  the  published 
records  of  the  Weather  Bureau  for  that  year,  the  mean  temperature  of  the  months 
June  to  October,  inclusive,  "differed  from  their  respective  normals  by  not  more 
than  one  degree."  May  was  an  exceptionally  cool  month. 


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CHICAGO  IN  OUTLINE. 

As  shown  by  the  accompanying  map  on  page  18,  the  city  of  Chicago, 
with  a  lake  frontage  of  about  twenty-three  miles,  is  divided  by  the  Chicago  River 
and  its  so-called  north  and  south  branches  into  divisions  locally  designated  as  the 
North,  South  and  West  Sides.  In  its  length  the  city  extends  due  north  and  south, 
and  that  one  may  form  an  approximate  idea  of  its  territorial  greatness  the  follow- 
ing will  be  of  interest.  From  the  city's  northern  boundary,  due  south  to  a  point 
opposite  its  southern  boundary,  the  distance  is  nearly  twenty-six  miles;  north  and 
south  streets,  such  as  Western  Avenue,  twenty-three  and  a  half  miles  long. 
Halsted  Street,  over  twenty  miles  long,  and  State  Street,  seventeen  miles  long, 
are  in  the  city  limits;  the  greatest  width  of  the  city  is  a  little  over  ten  miles,  through 
which  87th  Street  extends  due  east  and  west  for  the  entire  distance.  From  what 
has  been  said,  and  a  further  perusal  of  the  map,  it  will  be  noted  that  Chicago's 
streets  are  laid  out  on  the  block  system,  eight  full  blocks  to  the  mile,  and  that 
they  run  east  and  west  and  north  and  south,  with  a  few  exceptional  avenues  run- 
ning diagonally.  Hence,  with  the  right  angle  block  system  prevailing  in  con- 
formity with  the  cardinal  points  of  the  compass,  it  is  easy  to  find  one's  way  about 
in  Chicago.  As  a  rule  it  is  simply  a  matter  such  as  "two  blocks  south  and  one 
east." 

Broadly  speaking,  the  following  may  be  said  of  the  three  divisions  of  the  city. 
The  North  Side  is  a  residence  section,  in  addition  to  having  a  blending,  particularly 
toward  the  river  and  the  west,  of  warehouse  business  and  manufacturing.  The 
West  Side,  in  addition  to  its  large  residence  sections  and  its  considerable  retail 
marts,  is  a  great  manufacturing  district,  and  is  also  the  section  in  which  the  great 
lumber  interests  are  located;  manufacturing,  however,  being  also  extensively 


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In  the  Shopping  District — State  Street. 


In  the  Shopping  District — W abash  Avenue 


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carried  on  at  various  localities  on  the  South  Side,  notably  at  West  Pullman, 
Pullman,  and  in  South  Chicago,  the  great  steel  rolling  mills  being  located  at  the 
latter  point.  The  South  Side,  in  addition  to  its  manufacturing  just  mentioned,  is 
the  section  in  which  the  world-wide  famous  Union  Stock  Yards  are  located.  It  is 
also  a  large  residence  section  and  is  the  portion  of  the  city  in  which  is  located  the 
"down-town"  or  "business"  section — the  section  in  which  are  the  great  banks,  the 
Board  of  Trade,  the  Central  Postoffice,  Courthouse,  City  Hall,  those  veritable 
hives  of  commercial  industry,  the  tall  office  buildings,  the  principal  theatres,  hotels 
and  restaurants,  the  great  wholesale  and  retail  houses  and  the  famous  department 
stores.  This,  in  short,  is  what  may  be  called  the  heart  of  the  city,  and  is  the  por- 
tion probably  the  most  widely  known  and  understood  by  the  country  at  large.  It 
is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  lake,  on  the  north  and  west  by  the  river,  and  its 
present  congested  part  ends,  just  at  present,  on  the  south  at  an  indefinable  "some- 
where" between  Van  Buren  and  Twelfth  Streets;  although  the  entering  wedge  of 
the  overflow  further  southward  is  clearly  defined  by  "automobile  row,"  extend- 
ing beyond  Twenty-Second  Street  on  Michigan  Avenue. 

Transportation  Facilities.  The  North,  West  and  South  Divisions  of  the 
city  are  bound  together  and  kept  in  touch  from  all  directions  with  "down-town" 
by  suburban  service  of  various  steam  railroads,  by  four  elevated  railroad  systems, 
and  by  three  principal  street  railway  systems,  covering  between  them  all  sections 
of  the  city. 

Of  the  suburban  steam  trains,  those  operated  by  the  Illinois  Central  on  the 
South  Side,  run  from  down-town  to  South  Chicago,  Matteson  and  Blue  Island, 
serving  a  very  extensive  residence  district,  some  important  manufacturing 
districts,  the  South  Shore  beaches,  the  South  Shore  Country  Club  and  six  golf 
clubs,  Jackson  Park,  and  quite  a  number  of  popular  family  hotels.  Both  express 
and  local  trains  are  run  from  Van  Buren  Street  (they  start  from  Randolph  Street) 
every  twenty  minutes  during  the  middle  of  the  day,  increasing  in  frequency  as 
the  rush  hours  of  the  morning  and  evening  occur,  to  ten,  five,  four  and  even  three 
minutes  apart.  These  suburban  trains  leave  the  city  at  varying  frequent  intervals 
from  5.25  a.m.  to  1.00  o'clock  midnight,  there  being  280  of  them  in  both  directions 
on  week  days.  On  Sundays  a  local  train  service  is  maintained  to  the  extent  of 
125  trains  in  both  directions. 

Tourists,  when  making  use  of  the  street  car  lines,  and  having  to  change 
before  reaching  a  desired  destination,  should  bear  in  mind  that  the  transfer 
system  in  Chicago  is  a  very  liberal  one,  and  that  possibly  but  one  fare  will  be 
required.  It  is  sufficient  between  two  points  on  a  given  line  that  can  be  reached 
by  continuous  cars;  and  under  a  recent  agreement  with  the  city,  there  is  a 
system  of  transfers  and  of  through  car  routes  between  the  different  companies. 
One  of  these,  which  will  serve  as  an  illustration,  makes  it  possible  for  one  to 
ride  for  one  fare,  five  cents,  in  a  through  car,  from  the  junction  of  Vincennes  Ave. 
and  77th  Street,  on  the  South  Side,  to  Clark  Street  and  Devon  Avenue  on  the 
North  Side,  a  distance  of  about  eighteen  miles,  and  including  the  privilege  of 
transfer  onto  an  east  or  west  line,  except  in  the  down-town  district.  Transfers 
should  be  asked  for  on  payment  of  fares,  as  they  are  given  only  at  that  time. 

Another  chain  that  links  the  South,  North  and  West  Sides  of  Chicago 
together  is  the  boulevard  system,  connecting  the  parks  in  each  of  the  divisions, 
more  concerning  which  will  be  found  under  its  appropriate  head. 

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South  End  of 
Grand  Boulevard — 
Entrance  to 
Washington  Park. 


Grand  Boulevard 
of  the 

South  Park 
System — 
North  End. 


View  on  Michigan  Avenue. 
Bird's-Eye  View  of  the  Union  Stock  Yards. 


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THE  ARRIVAL  AT  CHICAGO. 

For  favorable  first  impressions  the  entrance  to  Chicago  from  the  south  over 
the  Illinois  Central  is  a  most  fortunate  and  agreeable  one  to  tourists.  Approaching 
the  city,  the  so-called  Chicago  Terminal  District  of  the  road  will  be  entered  at 
Matteson,  twenty-seven  miles  from  Central  Station. 

Chicago  as  a  Railroad  Center.  On  the  run  in  from  Matteson  not  only 
will  one  have  a  view  from  the  car  window  of  much  that  can  be  counted  among 
Chicago's  attractions,  but  will  be  able  to  get  a  very  good  general  idea  of  Chicago's 
greatness  as  a  railroad  center.  In  explanation  of  this  last,  it  should  be  known  that 
Chicago  is  the  terminal  of  thirty-one  railroads,  having  an  aggregate  mileage  of 
92,614  miles,  or  thirty-eight  per  cent  of  the  entire  mileage  of  the  United  States. 
Hence,  while  passing  over  this  main  line  from  Matteson  to  l-2th  Street,  one  will 
not  be  surprised  on  observing  that  the  Illinois  Central's  main  line  crosses,  or  forms 
junctions  with,  the  tracks  of  fourteen  other  railroad  lines,  in  addition  to  forming 
junction  with  two  of  its  own  branches  and  its  main  line  west.  One  will  also  be 
interested  to  learn  that  there  is  operated  over  all  these  tracks  combined,  including 
those  of  the  Illinois  Central,  the  trains  of  twenty  different  railroad  companies. 

The  Little  Calumet  River  is  crossed  and  the  city  limits  entered  just  before 
reaching  the  suburban  station  at  Riverdale,  and  about  a  mile  further  on  the 
Central's  "Wildwood  Yard,"  sixteen  miles  out,  is  passed,  followed  in  succession 
by  Burnside,  eleven  miles  out,  and  the  "Fordham  Yard"  immediately  beyond. 
The  Wildwood  Yard  is  used  principally  for  the  receipt  and  distribution  of  com- 
mercial coal  for  the  city,  and  has  forty-eight  tracks,  with  a  capacity  of  3,000  cars. 
At  Burnside,  on  the  left,  are  the  Central's  shops,  employing,  when  running  to 
their  full  capacity,  about  3,000  men.  The  Fordham  Yard,  used  for  receiving  and 
forwarding  freight  trains  other  than  those  hauling  commercial  coal,  contains 
approximately  eighty  tracks  and  a  modern  gravity  classification  yard.  Beyond 
Central  Station  is  Randolph  Street  Yard,  having  a  capacity  of  3,500  cars,  and 
where  are  additional  extensive  freight  terminal  facilities  (also  the  suburban  trains 
terminal),  including  the  Central's  local  freight  office  and  platforms,  where 
approximately  365  cars  of  outbound  merchandise  are  loaded  daily,  as  well  as  two 
large  grain  elevators,  team  tracks,  a  fruit  house  and  other  accessories.  Among 
other  things,  during  the  fruit  season,  there  is  handled  at  this  yard,  between  the 
hours  of  4.30a.m.  and  8.00  a.m.,  an  average  of  eighty  cars  of  vegetables  and  fruit 
from  the  South. 

The  Beginning  of  Sight-Seeing.  From  another  and,  perhaps,  a  more 
strictly  tourist  point  of  view,  the  run  from  Matteson  in  will  be  even  more  inter- 
esting. At  Flossrnoor  will  be  seen  the  substantial  beginning  of  the  new  suburban 
settlement  of  that  name,  and  also,  on  the  right,  the  extensive  clubhouse  and  golf 
links  of  the  Homewood  Country  Club,  a  little  distance  beyond  which,  but  not 
visible,  are  the  grounds  and  links  of  the  Idlewild  Country  Club.  On  the  left,  a 
mile  beyond  Flossmoor,  and  opposite  Homewood,  the  grounds  and  surrounding 
summer  residences  of  the  Ravisloe  Country  Club  make  an  attractive  picture,  while 
still  further  on,  at  Burnside,  the  clubhouse  and  links  of  the  Calumet  Country 
Club  may  be  seen  on  the  right — in  which  connection  it  may  be  of  interest  to  note 
that  the  South  Shore  Country  Club  is  located  on  the  South  Chicago  Suburban 
Branch  of  the  Central,  and  that  shortly  before  Burnside  is  reached  the  settlement 
and  car  works  of  Pullman  are  passed,  while  opposite,  on  the  left,  may  be  seen  in 
the  distance  one  of  the  numerous  so-called  small  parks  (Palmer  Park — only  forty 
acres)  for  which  the  South  Park  System  is  famous.  At  83d  Street  is  the  last 

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street  crossing  that  will  be  made  at  grade  on  entering  the  city,  the  tracks  being 
elevated  from  thence  on  to  47th  Street,  after  which,  there  being  no  crossings  on 
account  of  their  following  the  lake  shore,  they  come  to  grade  again.  At  67th 
Street  the  right  of  way  over  which  the  train  is  speeding  becomes  an  eight-tracked 
roadbed  into  the  city,  two  tracks  being  devoted  exclusively  to  through  passenger 
trains,  two  exclusively  to  express  suburban  and  two  to  local  suburban  trains,  while 
the  remaining  two  are  utilized  for  freight  trains.  At  about  67th  Street  the  line 
begins  to  enter  a  thickly-settled  residence  district;  soon  a  corner  of  Jackson  Park 
comes  into  view  on  the  right,  with  the  Art  Building  (now  the  Field  Museum)  of 
the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  of  1893  in  sight,  and  at  about  the  same  time 
the  famous  Midway  Plaisance  is  crossed,  the  latter  now  a  beautiful  strip  of  sunken 
grass  plots,  and  bordering  which  can  be  seen  in  the  distance,  on  the  left,  the 
picturesque  gothic  buildings  of  the  Chicago  University.  Soon  the  train  is  running 
through  an  aristocratic  South  Side  residence  district  on  the  left,  passing  the 
Douglas  Monument,  near  36th  Street,  while  on  the  right  are  the  waters  of  mighty 
Lake  Michigan  extending  to  the  horizon.  Just  as  the  train  begins  to  slow  up  for 
its  final  stop  at  Central  Station,  the  line  passes  under  the  tracks  of  the  Central's 
main  line  from  Dubuque,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis,  Council  Bluffs,  Omaha,  Sioux 
City,  Sioux  Falls  and  the  West. 

Trains  Stop  in  Residence  District.  There  is  one  matter  in  connection 
with  the  tourist's  entry  into  Chicago  over  this  southern  terminal  district  of  the 
Illinois  Central  that  has  not  been  mentioned  in  its  proper  connection  for  the  pur- 
pose of  greater  emphasis.  That  is  the  fact  that  all  through  trains  from  the  South 
make  regular  stops  at,  and  baggage  may  be  checked  to,  the  following  stations  in 
the  South  Side  residence  district:  63d  Street  (Woodlawn),  Hyde  Park  (53d 
Street)  and  43d  Street.  Hence  the  tourist  from  the  South  who  may  desire  to  stop 
at  some  of  the  hotels  in  the  South  Side  residence  district  is  given  an  opportunity 
to  leave  the  train  at  the  nearest  through  station  to  such  of  the  several  hotels  as 
may  be  selected.  The  largest  of  these  hotels  are  as  follows:  Hotel  Del  Prado 
(American  plan),  overlooking  the  Midway  Plaisance,  between  Madison  and 
Washington  Avenues,  within  two  blocks  of  Jackson  Park  and  easy  access  of 
Washington  Park,  and  one  block  from  the  60th  Street  suburban  station  of  the 
Illinois  Central;  reached  from  the  63d  Street  through  station  by  suburban  train  to 
6()th  Street.  Hotel  Windermere  (American  plan),  on  56th  Street  (No.  125), 
opposite  the  north  end  of  Jackson  Park  and  within  easy  access  of  Washington 
Park,  two  blocks  from  the  lake  and  but  a  block  from  57th  Street  (South  Park) 
suburban  station  of  the  Illinois  Central;  reached  from  the  53d  Street(Hyde  Park) 
through  station  by  suburban  train  to  57th  Street.  The  Chicago  Beach  Hotel 
(American  and  European  plans),  located  on  Hyde  Park  Boulevard  (51st  Street) 
and  the  lake  front,  within  easy  access  of  Jackson  and  Washington  Parks  and 
about  half  a  block  from  the  50th  Street  (Madison  Park)  suburban  station  of  the 
Illinois  Central;  reached  from  the  53d  Street  (Hyde  Park)  through  station  by 
suburban  train  to  50th  Street.  The  Hyde  Park  Hotel  (American  plan),  on 
Hyde  Park  Boulevard,  corner  of  Lake  Avenue,  near  the  lake,  within  easy  access 
of  Jackson  and  Washington  Parks,  and  about  half  a  block  from  the  50th  Street 
(Madison  Park)  suburban  station  of  the  Illinois  Central;  reached  from  the 
53d  Street  (Hyde  Park)  through  station  by  suburban  train  to  50th  Street.  The 
Elms  Hotel  (American  plan),  53d  Street  and  Cornell  Avenue,  near  the.lake  front, 
within  four  blocks  of  Jackson  Park  and  easy  access  of  Washington  Park,  and  a 
block  from  the  Hyde  Park  (53d  Street)  through  and  suburban  stations  of  the 
Illinois  Central. 

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Baggage  and  Cab  Service.  At  all  of  the  South  Side  through  stations 
mentioned  the  Frank  Parmelee  Baggage  Transfer  service  is  in  operation,  to  a 
representative  of  which  checks  can  be  given  for  delivery  of  baggage  to  the  hotels. 

For  those  wishing  to  stop  at  some  of  the  down-town  hotels,  uniformed 
Parmelee  transfer  agents  will  pass  through  the  train  before  reaching  Central 
Station  and  arrange  for  transfer  of  passengers  and  baggage  to  principal  hotels  (or 
other  railroad  stations),  and  for  the  delivery  of  baggage  at  hotels  and  residences  in 
any  part  of  the  city.  At  Central  Station  the  Parraelee  Company  also  maintains  a 
special  automobile,  cab  and  carriage  service,  with  an  office  on  the  ground  floor, 
where  the  various  classes  of  public  vehicles  pertaining  to  this  kind  of  service  may 
be  hired.  Automobile,  cab  or  carriage  tickets  should  be  procured  at  the  cab  office 
before  taking  vehicle,  to  avoid  argument  with  the  driver. 

Central  Station  is  beautifully  located  at  lake  front  and  12th  Street, 
overlooking  the  lake,  Grant  Park — the  outer  portion  of  this  park  being  under  con- 
struction— and  a  portion  of  Michigan  Avenue,  the  latter  one  of  Chicago's  finest 
boulevards,  and  on  which  are  located,  within  sight  of  the  station,  four  of  the 
leading  hotels  of  the  city.  Hence,  the  sight-seeing  of  the  down-town  district  will 
have  begun  in  earnest  on  the  tourist's  arrival  at  the  station. 

CHICAGO'S  HOTELS  AND  RESTAURANTS. 

Down-Town  Hotels.  The  hotels  of  Chicago  are  numerous,  and,  as  a  whole, 
enjoy  an  enviable  reputation  for  their  good  qualities  and  reasonable  prices  for  what 
one  is  given.  Among  them  are  houses  suiting  luxuriant  tastes  supplemented  by 
plethoric  purses,  hostelries  where  the  man  of  average  means  will  be  taken  care  of 
in  a  manner  in  harmony  with  all  the  requirements  of  up-to-date  modern  hotel  life, 
and  houses  where  first-class  accommodations  can  be  had  by  those  of  moderate 
means.  As  a  rule  the  down-town  hotels  of  Chicago  are  run  on  the  European  plan, 
with  accompanying  cafes.  Following  is  a  list  of  the  principal  hotels: 

Auditorium,  Michigan  Avenue  and  Congress  Street;  Congress  Hotel  and 
Annex,  Michigan  Avenue  and  Congress  Street;  Blackstone,  Michigan  Avenue 
and  Hubbard  Place;  Stratford,  Michigan  Avenue  and  Jackson  Boulevard; 
Wellington,  Wabash  Avenue  and  Jackson  Boulevard;  Great  Northern,  Dearborn 
Street  and  Jackson  Boulevard;  Grand  Pacific,  South  Clark  Street  and  Jackson 
Boulevard ;  Palmer  House,  State  and  Monroe  Streets ;  Sherman  House,  Randolph 
Street,  corner  Clark  Street;  La  Salle,  Madison  and  La  Salle  Streets;  Planters, 
Clark  Street,  between  Washington  and  Madison  Streets;  Majestic,  29  Quincy 
Street;  Windsor-Clifton,  Monroe  Street,  corner  Wabash  Avenue;  Morrison, 
Madison  Street,  corner  South  Clark  Street;  Saratoga,  29  South  Dearborn  Street; 
New  Hotel  Brevoort,  120  West  Madison  Street;  Union,  72  West  Randolph  Street; 
Bismarck,  173  West  Randolph  Street;  Briggs  Hotel,  Randolph  Street,  corner 
Fifth  Avenue;  Kaiserhof,  South  Clark  Street,  near  Jackson  Boulevard;  New 
Southern,  Michigan  Avenue  and  13th  Street. 

In  the  Residence  Districts.  For  tourists  who  may  prefer  to  take  up  their 
abode  in  the  residence  district  within  easy  reach  of  down-town,  the  larger  parks 
and  the  lake,  the  following  list  of  hotels  is  added:  On  the  North  Side  is  the 
Virginia,  located  on  Rush  Street,  corner  of  Ohio  Street,  and  conducted  on  the 
European  plan.  On  the  South  Side  are  those  already  mentioned  in  another  con- 
nection, and  others,  the  list  of  the  largest  and  best  known  being  as  follows: 

South  Side  Hotels.  Lexington,  European  plan,  Michigan  Avenue,  corner 
22d  Street;  Metropole,  European  plan,  Michigan  Avenue  and  23d  Street;  Lakota, 
American  plan,  Michigan  Avenue  and  30th  Street;  Chicago  Beach,  American  and 

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Humboldt  Park 
Lily  Pond. 


Lincoln  Park  Driveways,  the  Grant  Statue  in  the  Distance. 
«. Foliage  and  Water  View  in  Garfield  Park. 


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European  plans,  Hyde  Park  Boulevard  (.5 1st  Street)  and  the  lake  shore;  Hyde  Park, 
American  plan,  Hyde  Park  Boulevard  and  Lake  Avenue;  Elms,  American  plan, 
53d  Street  and  Cornell  Avenue;  Windermere,  American  plan,  125  56th  Street; 
Del  Prado,  American  plan,  59th  Street,  between  Madison  and  Washington  Avenues. 

Down-Town  Restaurants.  In  a  recent  article  on  Chicago's  restaurants  the 
writer  interpolated  the  following  assertion  and  truism:  "Chicago's  aim  is  to  feed 
you  well.  There  are  more  happy  memories  because  of  good  eating  than  anything 
else."  A  suggested  amendment  to  the  first  sentence  of  this  quotation  would 
be  to  the  effect  that  the  aim  is  accomplished  and  that  one  is  fed  well  in 
Chicago,  and  at  reasonable  prices  in  proportion  to  the  style  and  kind  of  meal 
partaken  of.  Not  only  so,  but  the  number  of  eating  places  in  the  down-town 
districts  is  very  great,  so  that  one  has  a  wide  range  to  choose  from,  both  as  to 
locality  and  character.  They  include  a  long  list  of  those  patronized  by  the  wealth 
and  fashion  of  the  city  and  furnishing  costly  epicurean  dishes  and  every  luxury 
that  the  market  affords,  a  longer  list  of  those  enjoying  the  patronage  of  the  well- 
to-do  masses,  some  that  are  first-class  in  their  way  but  avowedly  cater  to  those 
desiring  to  keep  their  gastronomic  expenditures  at  a  minimum,  and  finally  there 
is  a  legion  of  the  "bakery"  and  "quick  lunch"  establishments — Chicago  being,  it 
is  believed,  the  originator  of  these  latter  institutions  in  their  development  along 
extensive  and  attractive  lines. 

As  a  whole,  the  restaurants  of  Chicago  are  housed  in  handsome  and  attrac- 
tively decorated  and  furnished  quarters,  and  in  the  matter  of  linen,  tableware 
and  service  are  inviting  and  most  satisfactory.  The  menus  are  particularly  wide 
in  scope,  for  Chicago  is  the  greatest  fruit,  produce,  game  and  provision  center  in 
the  country;  and,  on  account  of  its  central  location,  the  various  seasons  in  different 
parts  of  the  country  supply  its  markets  with  the  earliest  to  the  latest  possible 
consignments.  Among  the  best  of  the  cafes  and  restaurants  the  tourist  will  see 
much  of  the  social  life  of  the  city,  it  being  particularly  exemplified  in  the  midday 
matinee  and  shopping  lunches,  and  in  the  evening  dinners  and  after-the-theatre 
lunches. 

With  over  thirteen  hundred  restaurants  in  Chicago,  it  will,  of  course,  be 
impractical  to  begin  to  specify  them,  even  in  the  down-town  district.  In  view,  how- 
ever, of  the  fact  that  one  will,  as  a  rule,  eat  at  or  near  one's  hotel,  or  at  the  most 
available  place  where  the  interest  of  the  day  finds  one,  even  a  partial  list  would 
perhaps  serve  no  good  purpose  in  this  connection.  But  it  should  be  remembered 
that  among  the  hotels  are  cafes  and  grill  rooms  largely  patronized  by  the 
outside  public;  that  most  of  the  State  Street  department  stores  maintain,  during 
the  shopping  hours,  large  and  finely  conducted  restaurants;  and  that  for  those 
whose  convenience  it  may  suit,  or  those  who  are  partial  to  them,  there  is  a 
large  list  of  down-town  distinctively  German  restaurants.  There  is  also  in  the 
loop  district  a  distinctively  French  restaurant  for  those  who  desire  it.  To  many 
tourists  the  Chop  Suey  or  Chinese  restaurants,  with  their  beautiful  and  intricate 
carvings,  unique  oriental  furnishings,  and  scrupulous  neatness,  will  undoubtedly 
prove  at  least  an  incidental  attraction.  This  if  for  no  other  reason  than  to  try 
perchance  for  the  first  time  the  delectable  Chop  Suey. 

AROUND  AND  ABOUT  THE  LOOP  DISTRICT. 

That  portion  of  Chicago's  down-town  district  where  the  elevated  and  electric 
car  lines  enter  from  and  leave  for  the  three  great  divisions  of  the  city  over  tracks 
"looping  round"  certain  sections,  is  familiarly  called  the  Loop  District.  Perhaps 
the  term  applies  more  particularly  to  the  loop  of  the  elevated  roads,  which  girdles 

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DIVISIONS,  PARKS  AND 
BOULEVARDS 


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.  30 
.  10 


LOCATION  or  PARKS — Note  letter  and  figure, 
then  find  Intersection  of  lines  from  correspond- 
ing letter  and  figure  on  border  of  map. 

ACRES 

Armour  Square,  E-4. .  .  10 
Bessemer  Park,  G-5  ...  23 

Calumet  Park,  H-6 74 

Campbell  Park,  D-3.. .  1 
Chicago  Av.  Park,  C-3.  9 
Cornell  Square,  F-3.. ..  10 

Davis  Square,  E-3 10 

Douglas  Park,  D-3 182 

Gage  Park.  F-3 20 

Garfleld  Park,  D-3 188 

Grant  Park,  D-4  . . . 
Hamilton  Park.  G-4 
Hamlln  Park.  C-3.. 
tlardln  Square,  E-4. 

Holsteln  Park,  C-3 * 

Humboldt  Park,  C-3..  .206 

Jackson  Park.  F-5 539 

Jefferson  Park,  D-3....      7 

Lincoln  Park.  C-4 317 

Manhattan  Beach,  G-5 
Mark  White  Square. E-4   10 
Marquette  Park,  G-3.  .323 
McKlnley  Park.  E-3. . .   75 

Ogden  Park.  F-4 61 

Palmer  Park.  H-4 41 

Park  No.  1.  C-4 9 

Park  No.  2,  D-4 3 

Park  No.  3.  E-4 4 

Rivervlew  Park.  B-3. . . 
Russell  Square,  G-5.. . .     7 
Sans  Soucl  Park.  F-4.. . 

Seward  Park.  C-4 2 

Shedd'sPark,  E-3 1 

Sherman  Park.  F-4 01 

Square  No.  4,  F-4 10 

Stanton  Park,  C-4 5 

Union  Park.  D-3 17 

Union  Square.  C-4 V> 

Vernon  Park.  D-4 8 

Washington  Park.  F-54.371 
Washington  Square,C-4  2 

Welles  Park,  B-3 10 

White  City.  F-4     

Wlokci  park.  C-3 4 


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seven  blocks  on  the  east,  five  on  the  north  and  equivalent  parallel  distances  on 
the  west  and  south.  Ail  trains  of  each  of  the  roads  make  the  rounds  of  this  loop, 
hence  one  desiring  to  make  use  of  them  can  take  any  line  at  any  loop  station. 

The  Shopping  Mart.  Around  the  loop  district  and  its  vicinity  are  many 
features  to  interest  the  tourist,  particularly  as  there  is  where  Chicago's  great 
shopping  district  is  located.  The  two  principal  streets  devoted  to  the  large  retail 
stores  are  State  Street  and  Wabash  Avenue;  although  some  of  the  high  grade 
jewelry,  art,  furniture,  book  and  furnishing  stores  have  gained  a  considerable 
foothold  on  Michigan  Avenue.  On  Wabash  Avenue  will  be  found  music, 
book,  art,  furniture  and  other  stores,  as  well  as  the  Wabash  Avenue  entrance  to 
some  of  the  great  State  Street  drygoods  and  department  stores.  State  Street, 
from  Randoph  to  Van  Buren  Streets,  is  where  almost  any  day  in  the  week  one 
will  learn  the  full  significance  of  what  is  meant  by  a  crowded  street  in  a  big  city, 
which  condition  will  not  be  due  to  confined  space,  but  to  a  host  of  pedestrians  on 
sidewalks  as  broad  as  some  streets  in  many  an  older  city.  It  is  the  greatest 
retail  mart  of  Chicago,  and  on  it  are  located  the  numerous  and  mammoth  depart- 
ment stores,  and  the  jewelry,  candy  and  other  stores,  all  displaying  a  wide  range  of 
merchandise.  Of  the  department  stores  a  few  words  may  be  said,  in  as  much  as 
in  size,  comprehensiveness,  character  and  quality  of  their  wares,  and  in  attractive 
methods  of  showing  them  off,  they  are  unique  of  all  such  in  the  world.  Their 
window  displays,  at  all  times,  and  decorative  features  for  special  occasions,  have 
attained  a  classification  as  one  of  the  fine  arts.  The  universal  verdict  of  those 
who  have  the  experience  of  extensive  travel  at  home  and  abroad  is  that  the  best 
of  these  stores  have  no  equals  even  in  the  stores  of  Paris  or  London.  The  largest 
of  them,  which  is  twelve  stories  high,  with  three  additional  floors  below  the  street 
level,  has  1,523,017  square  feet,  or  over  thirty-five  acres,  of  floor  space,  has  in 
commission  seventy-six  elevators  of  all  kinds,  and,  on  special  days,  and  during 
the  holiday  season,  its  visitors  average,  it  is  estimated,  nearly  two  hundred 
thousand.  Aside  from  any  commercial  consideration,  the  tourist  should  visit  at 
least  several  of  these  big  stores,  for  they  are  really  "show  features  of  the  town," 
and  there  are  lines  of  merchandise  carried  in  some  that  are  not  handled  in  others. 
For  instance,  to  one  who  has  never  encountered  such  a  proposition,  it  will 
certainly  be  of  interest  to  see  how  a  meat  market  and  grocery  is  made  to  blend 
with  silks  and  satins  without  violence  to  good  taste,  prejudice  or  sanitation. 

Incidental  Sights.  As  one  passes  to  and  fro  in  this  busy  district,  shopping, 
to  one's  meals,  or  to  and  from  the  parks  or  lake  steamers,  a  general  impression 
will  be  acquired  of  the  tall  office  and  other  buildings.  Hence  no  special  disser- 
tation need  be  given  in  such  connection,  although  much  of  interest  could  be 
written  of  them.  In  passing  among  them,  however,  there  are  a  few  items  that 
may  appeal  to  one,  the  most  or  all  of  which  may  be  seen  incidentally  when  one 
is  in  their  vicinity;  or,  they  can  be  made  the  special  object  of  about  an  hour's 
stroll,  taking  them  in  the  order  named. 

On  the  east  side  of  State  Street,  No.  31,  corner  of  Washington  Street,  is 
the  Columbus  Memorial  Building.  Embedded  in  the  walls,  opposite  the  elevators, 
of  the  entrance  to  this  building  are  ten  mosaic  tablets  giving  in  brief  outline  the 
history  of  Christopher  Columbus,  the  great  navigator  and  discoverer.  In  the 
candy  shop  adjoining  are  two  immense  mosaics,  filling  the  rear  wall,  and  showing 
in  beautiful  color  scheme  and  artistic  handling,  "The  Landing  of  Columbus,"  and 
"The  Return  of  Columbus." 

Going  south  on  State  Street  to  Madison,  and  thence  one  block  west  and 
turning  south  again  on  Dearborn,  the  massive  eighteen-story  First  National  Bank 
Building  will  be  passed.  Located  at  the  corner  of  Dearborn  and  Monroe  Streets, 

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with  its  main  entrance  on  the  former,  it  will  be  worth  while  in  passing  to  at  least 
step  into  the  doorway  and  take  a  look  at  the  grand  stairway  leading  to  the  main 
banking  rooms. 

A  block  further  south  on  Dearborn  Street,  on  the  west  side,  near  the  corner  of 
Adams  Street,  is  the  main  entrance  to  the  Marquette,  a  memorial  office  building 
commemorating  the  great  missionary  and  explorer  of  that  name.  Over  the  lintels, 
on  the  outside,  are  statuary  and  descriptive  bronze  tablets  as  follows,  the  accom- 
panying legends  being  quotations  from  Marquette's  journal: 

Marquette  and  Joliet  launching  their  canoe  on  the  headwaters  of  the 
Wisconsin  River — "To  follow  those  waters  *  *  *  which  will  henceforth  lead 
us  into  strange  lands." 

Marquette  and  Joliet  attacked  by  Indians  on  the  Mississippi — "In  vain  I 
showed  the  calumet  *  *  *  to  explain  that  we  had  not  come  as  enemies." 

Arrival  of  Marquette  at  the  Chicago  River — "Passing  two  leagues  up  the 
river  we  resolved  to  winter  there  *  *  *  being  detained  by  my  illness." 

Burial  of  Marquette  at  St.  Ignace  (Dablon's  Narrative) — "The  De  Profundis 
was  intoned  *  *  *  the  body  was  then  carried  to  the  church. " 

Inside  the  portal  one  is  in  a  compact  but  beautiful  and  unique  rotunda  of 
-carrara  marble,  in  which  are  exquisite  Tiffany  glass  and  mother-of-pearl  mosaics, 
further  depicting  the  career  of  Marquette.  These  consist  of  panels  showing  the 
armour  and  weapons  of  the  period,  the  heads  of  Marquette  and  Joliet,  an  Indian 
chief,  a  French  man-at-arms,  a  courier-de-bois,  and  the  following  three  principal 
panels,  the  legends  thereon  being  from  Marquette's  journal: 

Departure  of  Marquette  and  Joliet  from  St.  Ignace  on  their  first  voyage  to 
the  Illinois — "Firmly  resolved  to  do  all  and  suffer  all  for  so  glorious  an  enter- 
prise." 

The  meeting  with  the  Illinois — "They  answered  that  they  were  Illinois,  and 
in  token  of  peace  presented  the  pipe  to  smoke. ' ' 

The  Death  of  Marquette  (Dablon's  Narrative) — "To  die  as  he  had  always 
asked  *  in  a  wretched  cabin  amid  the  forest,  destitute  of  all  human  aid." 

These  mosaics  can  be  studied  to  the  best  advantage  from  the  second  floor. 
Over  the  elevator  doors,  on  the  first  floor,  are  bronze  panels  of  the  heads  of  char- 

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nick 


Stratford 
Hotel. 


Railway  Exchange 
Building. 


Theodore  Thomas    Gas  Rear  of 

Orchestra  Hall.        Building.    Art  Institute* 


Montgomery  Ward 
Building. 


OF    THE    DOWN-TOWN     BUSINESS     DISTRICT. 

acters  associated  with  the  history  of  Marquette — De  Menthet,  Big  Snake,  Joliet, 
Talon,  Noon  Day,  Marquette,  Chicagou,  Little  Panther,  Tonti,  Shaubena, 
La  Taupine. 

Leaving  this  building  and  turning  the  corner  west  on  Adams  Street  one 
reaches,  in  the  same  block,  the  Commercial  National  Bank  Building,  in  which  the 
main  hall  may  be  considered  worthy  of  note,  and  leading  off  from  which  is  an 
entrance  to  the  Illinois  Central's  city  ticket  office.  Across  the  street  is  the 
northern  or  Adams  Street  entrance  to  the  massive  new  §8,000,000  Federal 
Building,  or  Postoffice,  as  it  is  more  generally  called.  It  is  unique  and  impres- 
sive as  to  exterior  architectural  design,  and  contains  a  special  system  of  machinery 
for  handling  Uncle  Sam's  mail  business,  the  like  of  which  is  said  not  to  exist 
anywhere  else  in  the  world,  and  which  cost  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars  to  install. 
A  sight  of  its  always-illuminated  rotunda  is  worth  one's  while. 

Leaving  the  Postoffice  by  the  western  exit,  one  will  be  on  Clark  Street, 
diagonally  opposite  Jackson  Boulevard.  A  block  west,  on  the  latter,  and  one  is  at 
the  Board  of  Trade  Building,  where  one  can  look  down  on  the  apparent  confusion 
of  the  pit  from  the  visitors'  gallery  (one  flight  to  the  right)  at  any  time  from 
9.30  a.  m.  to  1.15  p.  m. — Saturdays  until  noon  only. 

North  from  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  directly  opposite,  is  the  Illinois  Trust 
and  Savings  Bank  Building,  facing  La  Salle  Street.  Classic  in  design,  and  in 
marked  contrast  to  the  "sky-scrapers"  all  about  in  that  it  is  but  two  stories 
in  height,  it  is  nevertheless  a  modern  building.  One  should  look  into  it,  if  for  no 
other  reason  than  to  note  the  soft  yellow  and  red  color  scheme  of  its  courtlike 
interior. 

Continuing  north  on  La  Salle,  on  the  east  side  of  the  street,  in  the  adjoining 
building,  at  No.  209,  is  the  west  entrance  to  the  Rookery  Building,  a  structure  of 
chaste  design,  and  whose  glass-covered  inner  court  is  worthy  of  passing  notice. 
Crossing  Adams  Street,  the  huge  structure  on  the  northwest  corner  is 
the  new  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank  Building,  and  adjoining  it,  on  the 
southwest  corner  of  Monroe  Street,  is  the  architecturally  beautiful  Woman's 
Temple — No.  108.  The  massive  granite  building  on  the  next,  or  northwest  corner, 
is  that  of  the  Northern  Trust  Company.  It  is  devoted  exclusively  to  the  banking 
business. 


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Digressing  to  the  right,  or  east,  for  a  few  steps  on  Monroe  Street,  the  tourist 
will  reach  the  building  of  the  Central  Trust  Company  of  Illinois,  at  No.  125. 
This,  like  the  Illinois  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  Building,  is  of  strictly  classic 
design,  and  is  also  devoted  exclusively  to  the  banking  business.  Its  interior  is  of 
particular  interest  to  the  tourist  because,  as  a  part  of  the  embellishment  of  its 
lofty  marble  walls,  are  a  series  of  fine  mural  paintings  on  the  following  subjects  of 
Chicago  history : 

The  winter  quarters  of  Father  Marquette,  1674;  the  first  Fort  Dearborn,  built 
in  1803;  the  Kinzie  House,  near  Fort  Dearborn,  1804;  the  last  council  of  the 
Pottawatomies,  1833;  the  Chicago  River,  near  Wolf  Point,  1833;  the  first  bridge 
across  the  Chicago  River,  1834;  the  first  grain  elevator  in  Chicago,  1838;  the  great 
flood  in  the  Chicago  River,  1849;  the  first  railway  station  in  Chicago,  1849; 
Chicago  office  of  Frink  &  Walker's  stage  lines,  1850;  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad 
station,  1856;  Clark  Street,  between  Lake  and  Randolph,  1857;  the  Ogden 
residence  after  the  fire  of  1871;  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  of  1893;  the 
Rock  cut  in  the  Drainage  Canal,  1899;  the  Chicago  River  at  Lake  Street  bridge, 
1900. 

Returning  to  La  Salle  Street,  and  going  north  again,  after  crossing  Madison 
Street,  one  will  reach  Washington  Street,  and  on  turning  east  thereon,  the  main 
entrance  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Building  will  be  found  at  No.  133.  While 
this  building  is  not  by  many  stories  as  tall  as  the  majority  of  the  modern  "sky- 
scrapers," the  sight  from  the  main  floor  of  its  tier  of  balconies  will  be  found  most 
impressive.  Directly  opposite  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  the  new  Cook  County 
Courthouse  and  City  Hall,  handsome  and  impressive  in  the  substantial  and 
dignified  character  of  its  architecture.  Its  main  entrances  and  facade  are  on  Clark 
and  La  Salle  Streets  respectively. 

South  Water  Street.  It  is  now  but  a  short  distance  back  to  the  starting 
point,  and  it  may  be  a  welcome  change  to  have  the  attention  called  to  other 
matters. 

Hence,  continuing  north  on  Clark  Street  for  three  blocks,  South  Water  Street 
will  be  reached.  This,  it  is  claimed,  is  the  world's  greatest  produce  market,  and 
an  interesting  story  could  be  told  in  proof  of  the  assertion  were  it  the  province  of 
this  book  to  discuss  Chicago  from  a  commercial  point  of  view;  but  it  is  sufficient 
to  say  that,  as  one  works  one's  way  east  to  State  Street,  amid  the  boxes,  crates 
and  barrels  of  the  crowded  sidewalk,  what  is  in  sight  is  a  part  only  (one-fourth — 
four  stocks  being  received  and  disposed  of  daily)  of  the  purely  local  business. 
The  cold  storage  plants,  car-load  lots,  and  branch  houses  are  elsewhere,  but  they 
are  all  controlled  from  the  counting-rooms  of  this  street.  Should  one  desire  to 
visit  this  show  place  independently  of  any  other  sight-seeing,  it  is  generally 
reached  by  going  to  the  foot  of  State  Street. 

The  Shipping.  The  lake  tonnage  of  the  port  of  Chicago  for  the  year  1910, 
as  determined  by  arrivals  and  clearances,  was  18,909,646  tons.  For  the  proper 
prosecution  of  this  maritime  business,  the  city  has  the  Chicago  River  and  the 
Calumet  River  harbors,  supplemented  by  Indiana  Harbor  and  Gary — the  three  last 
being  near  the  southeastern  extremity  of  the  city.  The  Chicago  River  alone, 
however,  with  its  great  forks  and  slips  in  the  manufacturing  districts,  furnishes 
seventy  miles  of  water  frontage  for  harbor  facilities. 

Watching  the  coming  and  going  of  all  kinds  of  lake  craft  in  and  out  of  the 
river  from  any  of  the  bridges  leading  out  from  the  down-town  district  is  always  a 
fascinating  diversion.  The  State  Street  bridge  is  right  at  hand  for  such  purpose 
on  one's  going  to  or  from  the  sights  of  South  Water  Street;  but  the  Rush  Street 
bridge,  at  the  foot  of  Michigan  Avenue,  and  two  blocks  further  east,  is  perhaps 
the  best  view  point  for  the  tourist.  It  is  the  bridge  nearest  the  mouth  of  the  river, 
and  from  it  one  not  only  sees  everything  that  moves  in  and  out  of  the  harbor,  but 
lias  the  additional  advantage  of  seeing  a  large  number  of  the  lake  passenger 
steamers  and  excursion  boats  whose  docks  are  on  both  sides  of  this  bridge. 

In  this  connection  it  will  be  interesting  to  note  the  following  facts:  The 
current  of  the  river  is  from  the  lake  towards  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  by  way  of  the 

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Port  Washington 
Cedarburg 


Maeatawu.' 

HOLLAND 


/  SOUTH  HAVEN 


Carpentersville 

Dundee  Wheeling 

Arlington0 
ELGIN          j-Heignts^ 

Coleman        ^Bloomlngdale 

St. Charles 
Geneva    Wheaton 
Batavla         Lombard 


ENTRAL-*^ 
STATION  --«.. 


Showing  from  One  to   Two  Days'  Lake  Trips  from  Chicago,  with  Longer  Trips  Indicated. 


CHICAGO   FOR   THE   TOURIST 


The  Children's  Wading  Pool,  Washington  Park.  The  Field  Museum,  Jackson  Park. 

The  Stepping  Stones,  Washington  Park. 


CHICAGO        FOR        THE        TOURIST 


Illinois  and  Mississippi  Rivers,  Chicago's  great  drainage  canal  being  the  cause  of 
this  seeming  paradox.  Crossing  the  river  and  its  two  branches  and  two  forks,  are 
eighty  bridges  of  all  kinds;  also  three  tunnels,  the  latter  devoted  to  street-car 
purposes  only. 

The  Site  of  Fort  Dearborn.  Opposite  the  south  end  of  the  bridge,  on  the 
building  at  the  junction  of  River  Street  and  Michigan  Avenue,  lower  story,  is  an 
historical  tablet  reading  as  follows : 

"This  building  occupies  the  site  of  old  Fort  Dearborn,  which  extended  a  little 
across  Michigan  Avenue  and  somewhat  into  the  river  as  it  now  is.  The  fort  was 
built  in  1803 — forming  our  outmost  defense.  By  order  of  General  Hull  it  was 
evacuated  August  15,  1812,  after  its  stores  and  provisions  had  been  distributed 
among  the  Indians.  Very  soon  after  the  Indians  attacked  and  massacred  about 
fifty  of  the  troops  and  a  number  of  citizens,  including  women  and  children,  and 
the  next  day  burned  the  fort.  In  18  J  6  it  was  rebuilt,  but  after  the  Blackhawk 
War  it  went  into  gradual  disuse,  and  in  May,  1835,  it  was  abandoned  by  the  army, 
but  was  occupied  by  various  Government  officials  until  1857,  when  it  was  torn 
down,  excepting  a  single  building,  which  stood  upon  this  site  until  the  great  fire 
of  October  9,  1871.  At  the  suggestion  of  the  Chicago  Historical  Society  this 
tablet  was  erected  by  W.  M.  Hoyt,  November,  1880." 

Street  Traffic.  In  one's  wanderings  down-town  the  density  of  the  street 
traffic  will  be  noticed.  The  stranger  little  dreams,  however,  how  much  the  conges- 
tion is  relieved  by  an  invisible  means — Chicago's  great  tunnel  system.  Broadly 
speaking,  the  wholesale  interests  of  the  down-town  district  fringe  the  river,  and 
from  thence  blends  into  the  retail  sections.  With  some  of  these  houses  the  river 
helps  in  the  transfer  problem;  but  the  universal  relief  is  found  in  the  freight  tunnel 
system,  nearly  forty  feet  below  the  surface,  duplicating  the  streets  in  the  down- 
town district  and  many  beyond.  Through  these  rush  trolley  trains,  carrying 
supplies  and  merchandise  to  and  from  the  big  office  buildings,  the  wholesale  and 
industrial  houses,  and  the  railroad  freight  houses.  With  about  sixty  miles  of 
tunnels  the  system  is  the  most  complete  and  extensive  thing  of  its  kind  in 
the  world.  It  has  so  far  cost  many  millions  of  dollars,  and  is  a  private  enterprise 
under  city  franchise. 

MISCELLANEOUS  FEATURES  OF  INTEREST. 

The  Art  Institute.  Located  on  Michigan  Avenue,  opposite  Adams  Street. 
Free  on  Wednesdays,  Saturdays  and  Sundays;  other  days  25  cents  admission. 
It  maintains  summer  and  winter  schools  of  art  and  design,  and  an  art  museum 
ranking  among  the  first  three  or  four  of  the  country.  The  exhibition  rooms  con- 
tain collections  of  sculptural  and  architectural  casts;  reproductions  of  antique 
bronzes  from  Pompeii  and  Herculaneum;  Egyptian  antiquities;  Japanese  bronzes, 
weapons,  porcelain,  carvings,  lacquers,  jades,  textile  fabrics  and  water  colors; 
medals,  armor  and  musical  instruments;  laces,  tapestries  and  other  textiles; 
ceramics  and  carved  ivories  and  paintings,  engravings  and  photographs.  Among 
the  collection  of  paintings  there  are  especially  fine  examples  of  the  old  Dutch 
masters  and  of  the  modern  French  masters.  Special  temporary  exhibitions  of  a 
high  order  are  almost  constantly  maintained  throughout  the  year,  a  series  of 
galleries  being  devoted  to  such  express  purpose. 

The  Libraries.  There  are  in  Chicago,  including  those  of  importance  con- 
nected with  institutions  of  note,  fourteen  libraries,  of  which  the  three  following 
are  among  the  largest,  and  are  open  to  the  general  public: 

The  Chicago  Public  Library,  facing  Washington  Street,  Michigan  Avenue  and 
Randolph  Street,  its  main  entrance  being  on  Washington  Street.  Its  entrance 
hall  and  stairway  and  the  circulating  room  on  the  third  floor  (take  elevator)  are 
very  beautiful  and  well  worth  visiting.  The  library  has  109  delivery  stations  and 
nineteen  branch  reading  rooms  and  libraries.  The  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
occupy  quarters  in  the  north  end  of  the  Library  Building,  the  entrance  to  them 
being  on  Randolph  Street,  one  flight  up.  One  of  the  spacious  rooms  there 
is  devoted  to  an  interesting  collection  of  Civil  War  relics,  both  Federal  and 
Confederate. 

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The  John  Crerar  Library,  located  on  the  sixth  floor  of  110  Wabash  Avenue. 
It  is  a  reference  library,  devoted  largely  to  scientific  literature,  particularly  along 
medical  and  kindred  lines. 

The  Newberry  Library,  also  confined  to  reference  purposes.  This  library  is  of 
wide  reputation  and  usefulness  in  its  special  field.  It  is  located  on  the  North  Side 
and  is  beautifully  housed  in  a  spacious  building  erected  for  the  purpose,  overlook- 
ing Washington  Square,  between  North  Clark  Street  and  Dearborn  Avenue.  To 
reach  it  take  North  Clark  Street  electric  car  to  Walton  Place. 

Chicago  Historical  Society.  This  institution  has  a  fine,  substantial  building 
of  its  own  on  the  corner  of  Dearborn  Avenue  and  Ontario  Street,  North  Side.  To 
reach  it  take  electric  cars  to  Ontario  Street,  leaving  down-town  over  Dearborn 
Street,  between  Monroe  and  Washington  Streets — either  North  Clark  Street  line 
and  one  block  east,  or  North  State  Street  line  and  one  block  west.  The  society  is 
devoted  to  matters  pertaining  to  the  history  of  the  Northwest,  particularly  that  of 
Chicago;  and  in  its  building,  in  addition  to  a  lecture  room  and  a  library,  is  a 
museum  of  historical  relics  that  cannot  fail  to  be  of  interest  to  the  visitor. 
Admission  free. 

Academy  of  Sciences.  Located  in  Lincoln  Park,  and  reached  by  the  North 
Clark  Street  electric  car  to  Center  Street,  leaving  down-town  over  Dearborn  Street 
between  Monroe  and  Washington  Streets.  The  Academy  has  a  valuable  scientific 
library,  and,  as  a  part  of  its  work,  it  gives  free  lectures  on  technical  and  scientific 
subjects,  and  maintains  a  free  museum  of  natural  history,  the  latter  being 
especially  strong  in  local  specimens  and  its  collection  of  mollusks.  Admittance  to 
the  latter  free. 

University  of  Chicago.  The  buildings  of  this  great  university,  something 
over  thirty  in  number,  are  all  of  the  gothic  style  of  architecture,  but  vary  radically 
in  their  individual  design.  In  their  groupings,  extending  over  several  blocks  and 
overlooking  on  the  south  the  Midway  Plaisance  of  the  South  Park  System;  and, 
in  their  wide  variety  of  structural  outlines,  their  effect  as  a  whole  is  both  beautiful 
and  impressive.  Either  by  riding  or  walking  one  should  make  it  a  point  to  at 
least  have  a  general  view  of  these  external  evidences  of  the  university's  greatness. 
As  its  classes  are  conducted  on  the  Quarter  system  the  university  is  never  closed, 
so  that  one  wishing  to  see  more  than  the  exterior  can  at  any  time  familiarize  one's 
self  with  such  additional  features  as  is  customarily  available  at  such  a  place.  The 
eastern  approach  to  the  grounds  can  be  most  quickly  reached  by  the  express 
suburban  trains  of  the  Illinois  Central  R.  R.  to  57th  Street  Station,  and  from 
thence  going  west  on  57th  Street.  Trains  leave  down-town  from  Randolph  Street 
and  Van  Buren  Street  stations,  just  off  Michigan  Avenue. 

Field  Museum  of  Natural  History.  As  has  been  mentioned  elsewhere, 
this  greatest  institution  of  its  kind  in  the  country  is  at  present  occupying 
temporary  quarters  in  the  "World's  Fair"  Art  Building  in  Jackson  Park.  Hence 
it  is  quickly  reached  from  down-town — Randolph  Street  or  Van  Buren  Street 
stations,  just  off  Michigan  Avenue — by  the  express  suburban  trains  of  the  Illinois 
Central  to  57th  Street  station.  The  museum  has  been  developed  along  the  highest 
scientific  lines  into  the  departments  of  Anthropology,  Zoology,  Botany  and 
Geology.  To  help  accomplish  the  great  work  that  has  already  been  achieved  by 
this  institution,  expeditions  have  been,  and  are  still  being,  sent  to  various  parts  of 
the  world.  There  is  much  in  the  exhibits  at  this  museum  that  attracts  even  the 
layman,  especially  among  the  sectionsof  ethnology  and  of  mammals.  The  mounted 
specimens  of  animals,  showing  them  in  groups  amid  their  natural  surroundings 
and  in  characteristic  poses  at  different  seasons  of  the  year,  to  one  never  having 
seen  anything  of  the  kind,  are  alone  worth  a  visit  to  the  museum.  Admission, 
25  cents,  except  on  Saturday  and  Sunday,  when  it  is  free. 

Hull  House.  Those  interested  in  that  class  of  philanthropic  work  for  which 
this  social  settlement  has  acquired  a  wide  fame,  and  desiring  to  visit  it,  can  do  so 
by  taking  any  West  Side  electric  car  and  transferring  at  Halsted  Street,  going 
on  the  latter  to  Polk  Street,  the  house  being  located  at  No.  800  South  Halsted 
Street. 

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A  Typical  View  in  Washington  Park 


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The  Ghetto  District.  This  bit  of  a  foreign  land  in  the  midst  of  a  great 
American  city  is  on  the  West  Side  and  is  roughly  bounded  by  liJth  Street  and 
Maxwell  Street  on  the  north  and  south,  respectively,  and  by  South  Canal  Street 
and  Jefferson  Street  on  the  east  and  west,  respectively.  Vegetables  and  boots, 
fish  and  hair  pins,  bread  and  suspenders,  fowl  and  collar  buttons,  eggs  and  notions, 
fruits  and  toys,  groceries  and  wearing  apparel — all  this  and  much  more  one  will 
find  there  being  vended  on  crowded  sidewalks  and  streets  by  busy  and  clamorous 
merchants.  Fridays  and  Sundays  are  generally  the  busiest  days  there,  and 
Saturday  is  the  Sunday  of  the  community.  The  fish  market,  which  is  considered 
by  some  the  most  interesting  of  all,  is  on  Jefferson  Street,  from  12th  Street  south. 
This  district  is  quite  largely  visited  by  those  who  love  to  browse  about  in  odd 
corners  and  study  human  nature.  It  is  reached  by  the  12th  Street  car  (which  can 
be  taken  at  corner  of  Adams  and  Dearborn  Streets)  to  Jefferson  Street. 

The  Union  Stock  Yards.  These  are  located  on  the  South  Side,  the  main 
entrance  being  at  Halsted  and  Root  Streets.  They  are  reached  by  trains  of  the 
South  Side  elevated,  and  by  the  Halsted  Street  electric  cars  leaving  down-town 
over  South  Clark  Street.  The  Yards  extend  from  39th  Street  to  47th  Street  and 
west  from  Halsted  Street.  In  them  are  located  the  big  packing  houses,  the  pens, 
the  horse  market,  the  International  Live  Stock  Exposition  Building,  the  Exchange 
and  other  features  forming  a  part  of,  or  incidental  to,  the  vast  interests  of  the 
"chief  live  stock  market  in  the  world."  The  South  Side  elevated  road  runs  trains 
into  and  around  the  yards  over  a  loop  on  which  are  stations  at  principal  points 
and  packing  houses.  Hence  a  ride  around  this  loop  gives  a  comprehensive  idea 
of  the  yards,  not  to  be  obtained  in  any  other  way,  and  that  in  a  most  comfortable 
manner.  To  visit  and  see  the  workings  of  a  packing  house,  the  tourist  has  only 
to  leave  the  train  at  any  of  the  stations  where  such  a  house  is  located.  On  appli- 
cation at  the  office,  the  management  is  generally  very  willing  to  send  visiting 
parties  through  the  establishment  with  a  guide. 

THE  PARKS  AND  BOULEVARDS. 

The  map  on  page  18  shows  that  the  parks  of  Chicago  are  distributed 
over  each  of  the  three  great  divisions  of  the  city,  and,  as  has  been  stated  in  another 
connection,  they  aggregate  in  area  4,4-28.50  acres.  It  will  also  be  seen  that  they 
are  connected  in  various  combinations  by  Park  Boulevards.  Their  relative  sizes 
are  shown  in  connection  with  the  map,  but  in  a  general  way  the  following  may  be 
said  of  them:  They  are  divided  into  three  independent  systems  under  the  juris- 
diction of  separate  commissions.  Of  these,  the  South  Park  System  is  the  largest, 
containing  over  twice  the  acreage  of  the  largest  of  the  other  systems,  and 
consisting  of  twenty-four  parks,  and  twenty-two  boulevards  aggregating  thirty- 
three  miles.  Of  its  parks  Jackson,  Washington,  Grant  and  Marquette  are  the 
largest.  The  Lincoln  Park  System  includes  the  large  park  of  that  name,  four 
small  parks,  a  playground  and  nine  miles  of  boulevards.  The  West  Chicago 
System  consists  of  Humboldt,  Garfield,  Douglas,  and  seven  other  lesser  parks,  a 
group  of  small  parks  and  playgrounds,  and  thirteen  boulevards  aggregating 
twenty-five  miles. 

Of  these  parks  as  a  whole  it  may  be  said  that  they  are  well  maintained  and 
are  most  beautiful  examples  of  the  best  art  in  landscape  gardening;  for,  with  the 
exception  of  the  lake  feature  to  three  of  them  and  a  natural  woods  to  one  other, 
nature  gave  no  original  aid  in  the  matter  of  these  parks  beyond  furnishing  the  bare 
prairie,  with  here  and  there  a  little  timber  belt.  In  connection  with  all  the  parks, 
it  is  doubtful  if  in  any  city  in  the  world  more  is  done  in  them  for  the  pleasure  of 
the  people,  or  if  in  any  other  city  the  people  of  all  classes  get  more  rational  and 
continuous  enjoyment  out  of  the  parks  than  is  the  case  in  Chicago.  It  is  one  of 
the  features  of  a  tourist  trip  to  the  great  metropolis  to  see,  in  addition  to  the 
physical  features  of  the  parks,  the  joyous  life  and  activity  displayed  therein;  for 
during  the  summer  months  it  is  characteristic  of  the  Chicago  people  that  they  lead 
as  much  of  an  out-of-door  life  as  can  be  made  possible.  Hence  the  parks  become 
one  vast  and  continual  recreation  ground  for  all  ages  and  classes;  from  the 

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millionaire  who  glides  over  the  boulevards  in  his  automobile  or  takes  his  morning 
horseback  exercise  in  the  large  parks,  to  those  of  the  humblest  circumstances  who 
exercise  in  the  out-of-door  gymnasiums  of  their  neighborhood  small  park. 

The  life  and  animation  in  the  larger  parks  becomes  infectious,  and  the  visitor 
making  a  considerable  sojourn  in  the  city  will  acquire  an  irresistible  habit  of  going 
to  them  to  watch  the  passing  pedestrians,  equipages,  equestrians  and  automobiles, 
to  enthuse  over  the  tennis  and  baseball  games,  to  become  interested  in  the 
archery  practice,  to  make  a  round  over  the  golf  links,  to  speculate  on  the  beauty 
or  good  points  of  the  horses  on  the  speedway,  to  hire  a  boat  for  a  row  on  the 
lagoons  or  ponds,  to  purchase  a  ticket  for  a  round  trip  in  the  electric  launches,  to 
thrill  with  excitement  over  a  shell  race  on  the  aquatic  course,  to  listen  to  the  band 
concerts,  to  sit  on  the  lake  front  and  drink  in  the  fascination  of  the  broad  expanse 
while  enjoying  the  cooling  influence  of  its  waters,  and  to  dine  well  in  some  of  the 
refectories;  and  also,  through  it  all,  to  be  enjoying  the  beauties  of  attractive  land- 
scapes and  the  healthful  influence  of  being  out  of  doors. 

One  should  by  all  means  make  a  round  tour  of  the  parks  over  the  connecting 
boulevards.  In  an  automobile  the  thirty-four-mile  trip  can  be  made  quickly  and 
comfortably  by  direct  route.  It  would  be  still  more  enjoyable,  however,  to  make 
two,  or  even  three,  trips  of  it,  so  as  to  include  all  of  the  interesting  boulevards,  and 
the  principal  roads  in  each  of  the  parks;  thus  getting  a  more  complete  view  of  the 
latter  as  a  whole.  The  principal  show  boulevards,  on  the  whole  or  parts  of  which 
many  fine  residences  are  located,  are  the  following:  On  the  South  Side:  Michi- 
gan Avenue  and  Grand  and  Drexel  Boulevards;  on  the  North  Side:  Lincoln  Park 
Boulevard,  Lake  Shore  Drive,  Sheridan  Road,  Fullerton  Avenue  and  Diversey 
Boulevard;  on  the  West  Side:  Humboldt,  Washington,  Jackson  and  Douglas 
Boulevards. 

A  few  words  more  as  to  the  principal  parks  will  be  sufficient  for  the  tourist's 
general  information.  They  are  all  shown  on  the  map. 

South  Side — Jackson  Park.  The  site  of  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition 
in  1893.  The  change  that  this  park  has  undergone  since  the  close  of  that  won- 
derful "White  City"  is  simply  a  marvel  of  landscape  engineering.  Its  chief 
features  are  its  three  miles  of  lake  front,  the  quiet  beauty  of  its  land  and  water 
vistas,  its  Wooded  Island  and  lagoon,  with  launches  and  rowboats  on  the  latter, 
its  yacht  harbor,  its  two  golf  courses  with  shelters,  lockers  and  showers  for  both 
sexes,  its  tennis  courts,  baseball  and  football  fields,  and  its  refectory — the  latter 
the  "German  Building"  of  the  World's  Fair.  It  also  contains  the  Jackson  Park 
Sanitarium  for  Children,  housed  in  "La  Rabida,"  the  Field  Museum,  and  on  the 
Wooded  Island  the  beautiful  little  Japanese  buildings  that  will  be  so  well  remem- 
bered by  those  who  visited  the  World's  Fair.  Reached  by  the  Illinois  Central 
express  suburban  train  service  to  57th  Street  (South  Park)  station,  trains  leaving 
down-town  from  Randolph  Street  and  Van  Buren  Street  stations,  just  off  Michigan 
Avenue. 

South  Side— Washington  Park.  This  park  is  characterized  by  beautiful 
drives  and  equestrian  paths,  by  fine  foliage  and  a  broad  "meadow"  devoted  to 
athletic  sports,  such  as  baseball,  cricket  and  tennis.  It  also  contains  a  curling 
pond,  a  lake  on  which  are  facilities  for  boating,  a  wading  pool  and  a  sand  pile  for 
children,  croquet  courts,  archery  range,  fly-casting  stand,  speedway  for  horses  in 
harness,  and  a  refectory.  Reached  by  the  South  Side  elevated  railroad  to  55th 
Street,  and  by  the  "Jackson  Park"  and  "Cottage — Grand  X"  electric  cars  leaving 
down-town  over  Wabash  Avenue. 

South  Side— Grant  Park.  This  is  the  down-town  park  illustrated  on 
pages  4  and  5.  The  portion  of  it  east  of  the  Illinois  Central  tracks  is  under  con- 
struction, but  when  completed  it  will  have  a  little  over  a  mile  of  lake  front.  The 
Art  Institute  and  the  John  A.  Logan  monument  are  located  in  the  portion  of  the 
park  bordering  on  Michigan  Avenue. 

South  Side — Small  Parks.  The  South  Park  Commissioners  have  con- 
structed a  series  of  small  community  parks  that  have  acquired  a  wide  fame  for 
their  general  beauty  and  uplifting  usefulness.  As  is  shown  by  the  map,  they  are 

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located  in  widely  scattered  sections,  and,  with  variations,  they  are  equipped  as 
follows:  With  a  recreation  building,  in  which  is  an  assembly  hall  for  entertain- 
ments and  rooms  for  club  meetings,  used  by  the  community  free  of  cost;  .reading 
rooms,  supplied  with  periodicals  by  the  commission — one  of  them  has  a  branch 
reading  room  of  the  public  library;  lunch  room  and  counter;  gymnasium  for  both 
sexes,  and  plunge  and  shower  baths  with  locker  rooms.  Outside  there  are  also 
gymnasiums  for  both  men  and  women,  children's  playground  and  gymnasium, 
wading  and  swimming  pools  with  dressing  booths,  a  ball  field  and  tennis  courts. 
In  one  of  them  there  are  boating  facilities,  and  in  another  a  bathing  beach  has 
been  properly  equipped,  it  bordering  on  the  lake. 

Three  of  these  parks — Sherman,  Gage  and  McKinley — are  located  on  the 
boulevards  connecting  Washington  and  Douglas  Parks,  and  can  be  seen  when 
making  the  grand  tour  of  the  three  systems.  Perhaps  Sherman  Park  is  the  most 
reasonably  available  and  representative  of  any  of  them.  It  is  reached  by  the  Center 
Avenue  electric  car,  leaving  down-town  over  South  Clark  Street. 

North  Side — Lincoln  Park.  This  is  the  oldest  park  of  them  all  and  has 
attractions  and  features  peculiar  to  itself.  Among  them  are  a  beautiful  and  well- 
developed  foliage,  a  slightly  rolling  contour,  a  "zoo"  containing  about  1,200 
specimens,  and  boulevards  skirting  about  five  miles  of  lake  front.  The  latter 
includes  the  famous  Lake  Shore  Drive  and  the  Sheridan  Road.  It  also  contains 
lakes  with  boating  facilities,  a  yacht  harbor  and  a  mile-long  lagoon  adapted  to 
racing,  the  latter  spanned  by  a  famous  "high  bridge."  The  floral  gardens  are  a 
feature  of  the  park,  and  in  it  are  many  statues,  including  imposing  ones  of  Lincoln 
and  Grant.  A  refectory  and  provision  for  athletic  pastimes  are  additional  features 
of  the  place;  also  a  children's  bathing  beach.  It  is  reached  by  the  North  Clark 
Street  electric  car. 

West  Side— Humboldt  Park.  This  is  the  largest  of  the  West  Side  group, 
and  in  addition  to  the  usual  characteristics  of  foliage  and  attractive  walks  and 
drives,  it  has  a  large  lake  which  is  one  of  its  features  of  special  attraction. 
Of  course  there  are  boating  facilities  on  the  latter.  It  has  a  very  handsome 
refectory  building,  garden  hah1,  pergola  and  fountains,  a  pavilion  and  boat  landing, 
a  music  court,  a  wading  pool  and  shelter  for  children,  and  has  the  usual  facilities 
for  tennis  and  baseball.  Statuary  is  also  a  feature  of  this  park.  It  is  reached  by 
the  Metropolitan  elevated  road,  "Humboldt  Park"  trains — to  California  Avenue 
station,  or  by  the  Division  Street  electric  car  leaving  down-town  from  corner  State 
and  Randolph  Streets. 

West  Side — Garfield  Park.  This  is  a  beautiful  park  with  impressive  land- 
scape features  specially  peculiar  to  itself.  It  contains  a  lake  on  which  a  fleet  of 
boats  are  maintained,  a  golf  course  with  field  house  having  lockers  for  both  sexes, 
a  fly  casting  stand,  and  tennis  courts  and  baseball  grounds.  It  has  a  new  conser- 
vatory said  to  be  the  largest  in  the  country,  a  refectory  building,  grouped  about 
which,  or  forming  a  part  of  its  general  design,  is  a  boat  landing  and  pavilion,  and 
water  courts  and  fountain.  A  music  court  and  band  stand  are  also  among 
its  structural  features.  To  reach  this  park,  take  the  Chicago  and  Oak  Park 
elevated  road  to  Hamlin  Avenue,  or  the  Madison  Street  electric  car  leaving  down- 
town on  Madison  Street,  west  of  State  Street. 

West  Side — Douglas  Park.  Reached  from  down-town  by  the  Ogden  Avenue 
electric  car,  which  can  be  taken  at  the  corner  of  State  and  Randolph  Streets.  The 
south  end  of  the  park  is  also  reached  by  the  Metropolitan  elevated  road — "Douglas 
Park"  trains  to  Marshall  Boulevard  station.  The  park  has  its  features  of  shrub, 
trees  and  lake;  also  a  refectory,  a  boat  landing  and  pavilion,  a  music  court,  a 
natatorium  and  outside  gymnasium  with  swimming  pools,  shower  baths  and  dress- 
ing rooms  for  both  sexes,  and  facilities  for  boating,  baseball  and  tennis. 

Municipal  Parks.  In  addition  to  the  principal  parks  described,  there  is 
maintained  by  the  municipality  a  system  of  small  parks,  playgrounds  and  bathing 
beaches;  there  being  fifty-seven  of  the  former,  two  beaches  and  seventeen  play- 
grounds. During  the  last  year,  for  which  statistics  have  been  published  in  the 
matter,  the  attendance  at  the  municipal  playgrounds  was  2,969,197. 

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AMUSEMENTS  FOR  THE  VISITOR. 

The  Theatres.  All  of  the  best  shows  of  the  country  either  originate  in  or  are 
brought  to  Chicago,  as  from  a  discriminating  point  of  view,  coupled  with  liberal 
patronage,  the  city  is  known  to  the  profession  as  one  of  the  best  of  "show  towns." 
Hence  the  visitor  will  find  plenty  of  summer  diversion  along  dramatic  lines,  for  as 
a  rule  the  theatres  are  all  running  the  year  round.  The  principal  houses  in  the 
down-town  district  (there  are  about  sixty  theatres  in  the  city)  are  the  following: 
Powers,  on  Randolph  Street,  between  Clark  and  La  Salle  Streets;  Illinois,  on 
Jackson  Boulevard,  between  Michigan  and  Wabash  Avenues;  Blackstone,  on 
Hubbard  Place;  Studebaker,  on  Michigan  Avenue,  between  Van  Buren  and 
Congress  Streets;  Auditorium,  on  Congress  Street,  corner  Wabash  Avenue;  Grand 
Opera  House,  on  Clark  Street,  between  Washington  and  Randolph  Streets; 
McVicker's,  on  Madison  Street,  between  State  and  Dearborn  Streets;  Colonial,  on 
Randolph  Street,  between  State  and  Dearborn  Streets;  Garrick,  on  Randolph 
Street,  between  Dearborn  and  Clark  Streets;  Lyric,  on  Jackson  Boulevard, 
between  State  and  Dearborn  Streets;  Majestic,  on  Monroe  Street,  between  State 
and  Dearborn  Streets;  Cort,  on  Dearborn  Street,  between  Randolph  and  Washing- 
ton Streets;  Chicago  Opera  House,  on  Washington  Street,  corner  Clark  Street; 
Olympic,  on  Clark  Street,  between  Washington  and  Randolph  Streets;  Columbia, 
on  Clark  Street,  between  Washington  and  Madison  Streets ;  La  Salle,  on  Madison 
Street,  between  Clark  and  La  Salle  Streets;  Princess,  on  Clark  Street,  near  Jack- 
son Boulevard;  Whitney  Opera  House,  on  Van  Buren  Street,  between  Michigan 
and  Wabash  Avenues. 

Amusement  Parks.  Those  who  love  the  excitement  of  a  scenic  railway,  to 
shoot  the  chutes  and  do  a  host  of  other  such  stunts;  who  delight  to  distribute 
nickels,  dimes  and  quarters  where  they  will  bring  returns  in  pure  fun  and  amuse- 
ment; who  enjoy  seeing  things  generally,  and  particularly  people  out  for  a  good 
time;  who  at  the  same  time  enjoy  listening  to  good  music — all  such  will  find  that 
Chicago  has  provided  clean  and  meritorious  amusement  along  these  lines  on  a 
characteristically  large  scale. 

Such  a  place  is  the  White  City.  It  is  characterized  by  the  architectural 
grouping  of  its  buildings,  it  affecting,  as  its  name  implies,  to  be  a  city  rather  than 
a  park.  It  is  located  on  the  South  Side,  at  the  corner  of  63d  Street  and  South 
Park  Avenue.  It  can  be  reached  by  Suburban  trains  of  the  Illinois  Central  to 
63d  Street  station,  and  from  thence  by  63d  Street  electric  line;  by  Jackson  Park 
trains  of  the  South  Side  elevated  road  to  South  Park  A  venue  station ;  by  "Cottage 
— Grand  X"  electric  car  (leaving  down-town  over  Wabash  Avenue)  to  63d  Street 
and  transferring  west,  or  by  Wentworth  electric  car  (leaving  down-town  over 
South  Clark  Street)  to  63d  Street  and  transferring  east. 

Sans  Souci  Park  is  another  of  these  places  located  on  the  South  Side,  and 
combines  the  structural  with  the  garden  features.  It  is  at  Cottage  Grove  and  60th 
Street,  and  is  reached  by  the  "Cottage — Grand  X"  electric  car  leaving  down-town 
over  Wabash  Avenue.  It  can  also  be  reached  by  the  Jackson  Park  trains  of  the 
South  Side  elevated  road  to  Cottage  Grove  station,  from  which  it  is  three  blocks 
north. 

Riverview  Park  is  on  the  North  Side,  bounded  by  Western  Avenue  and  the 
river,  and  by  Roscoe  Street  and  Belmont  Avenue.  The  interest  in  its  artificial 
attractions  is  heightened  by  the  large  acreage  of  natural  woodland  ""hat  is  one  of 
its  features  and  charms.  It  is  reached  by  several  of  the  West  and  North  Sides 
electric  car  lines,  of  which  the  Clybourn  Avenue  car,  leaving  down-town  over 
Dearborn  Street,  between  Monroe  and  Washington  Streets,  is  the  most  direct. 

League  Baseball.  Chicago  has  clubs  in  the  two  major  baseball  leagues  and, 
always  a  liberal  patron  of  the  great  national  game,  during  recent  years  it  has 
grown  wildly  enthusiastic  over  it,  account  of  the  championships  that  each  of  the 
clubs  have  won  in  that  time.  Games  are  played  in  Chicago  by  either  the  "Cubs" 
or  the  "Sox"  almost  continuously  from  about  April  llth  to  October  1st. 

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"Cuss" — NATIONAL  LEAGUK.  Grounds  on  West  Side,  West  Polk  Street,  corner 
South  Lincoln  Street.  Reached  by  Douglas  Park  trains  of  the  Metropolitan 
elevated  road  to  Polk  Street  station  and  thence  by  going  west;  by  the  Ogden 
Avenue  electric  car  (leaving  from  corner  of  Randolph  and  State  Streets)  to  Polk 
Street  and  thence  by  going  east;  by  Harrison  Street  car  (from  corner  Adams  and 
State  Streets)  to  Lincoln  Street  and  then  by  going  south. 

"WHITE  Sox" — AMERICAN  LEAGUE.  Grounds  on  South  Side,  35th  Street 
and  Shields  Avenue.  Reached  by  Wentworth  electric  car  to  35th  Street,  leaving 
down-town  over  South  Clark  Street;  also  by  South  Side  elevated  road  to  35th 
Street  station  and  thence  by  going  west. 

Beach  Bathing.  Good  bathing  may  be  had  on  the  South  Side  at  Manhattan 
Beach,  about  a  mile  southeast  of  Jackson  Park.  Bath  houses,  bathing  suits  for 
hire  and  all  facilities  for  aquatic  sport  will  be  found  there.  It  is  a  place  much 
visited  during  the  warm  season.  Reached  by  the  South  Chicago  express  suburban 
trains  of  the  Illinois  Central  to  Windsor  Park  station — trains  leaving  down-town 
from  Randolph  and  Van  Buren  Street  stations. 

Seeing  Chicago.  Mention  has  been  frequently  made  in  these  pages  as  to 
methods  of  reaching  different  sections  of  the  city.  Of  course  there  are  in  addition 
the  cabs,  carriages  or  automobiles  to  be  hired  at  the  hotels  or  at  the  stands  on  the 
streets.  In  addition  there  are  the  big,  amphitheater-like  automobiles,  known  as 
the  "Seeing  Chicago"  cars,  that  regularly  make  trips  to  the  North  Side  and 
Lincoln  Park,  and  trips  on  the  South  Side,  the  latter  including  Jackson  and 
Washington  Parks.  The  north  trip  consumes  one  hour,  and  the  south  trip  two 
hours.  The  cars  are  accompanied  by  a  guide  who  explains  all  points  of  interest 
en  route.  They  can  be  found  at  various  stands  in  the  heart  of  the  loop  district. 

Little  Outside  Excursions.  For  those  who  make  a  sufficiently  protracted 
stay  in  Chicago,  there  are  a  great  number  of  interesting  trips  that  can  be  made  to 
near-by  points  by  steam  roads,  trolley  lines  and  boats.  It  is  not  within  the  scope 
of  these  pages  to  feature  these  places,  but  the  following  will  serve  as  suggestions. 

Along  the  north  shore  there  is  Evanston,a  city  of  beautiful  residences  and  the 
home  of  the  Northwestern  University;  Ravinia  Park,  an  aristocratic  place  of 
amusement  much  frequented  by  Chicagoans;  Fort  Sheridan,  the  attractive  and 
extensive  army  post;  and  a  long  list  of  handsome  outlying  towns,  settled  chiefly  by 
persons  doing  business  in  Chicago.  Further  out  are  Waukegan,  the  much  adver- 
tised Zion  City,  Kenosha,  Racine  and  Milwaukee.  A  trip  to  the  latter  is  almost  a 
universal  tourist  diversion,  as  it  can  be  made  in  a  day  by  rail  or  boat,  with  more  or 
less  time  in  which  to  see  the  city,  according  to  the  route  selected.  Then  there  are 
the  relatively  near-by  inland  lake  resorts  of  northern  Illinois  and  Wisconsin  and 
such  outlying  smaller  cities  as  Rockford,  Freeport,  Elgin,  Aurora,  Joliet  and 
Kankakee.  In  Michigan,  on  the  east  shore  of  the  great  lake,  are  a  number  of 
towns  and  resorts  that  are  tributary  to  Chicago's  recreation.  As  these  "across- 
the-lake"  places  are  incidental  to  the  feature  of  lake  trips  from  Chicago,  they  will 
be  further  mentioned  in  that  connection. 


LAKE  TRIPS  FROM  CHICAGO. 

Passenger  steamboat  lines  are  numerous  from  the  port  of  Chicago,  and  one 
can  make  a  lake  trip  from  the  city  varying  from  the  little  local  excursions  to  the 
parks  and  beaches  (as  shown  by  map  on  page  23)  to  an  extensive  tour  of 
the  chain  of  great  lakes.  The  illustrations  on  pages  3-2  and  34  will  give  one  a 
good  idea  of  Chicago's  activity  in  the  direction  of  the  lake  excursion  business.  Of 
the  boats  employed  in  the  service,  it  may  be  said  of  them  in  general  that  they  are 

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modern,  commodious  and  comfortable;  and  that  they  are  maintained  and  operated 
in  such  a  manner  as  to  be  devoid  of  objectionable  features.  Their  popularity,  and 
the  estimation  in  which  a  lake  trip  is  held  by  the  knowing  ones,  is  attested  by  the 
fact  that,  during  the  height  of  the  season,  it  is  estimated  that  they  average  over 
10,000  passengers  per  day,  and  that  for  the  year  the  passenger  fleet  handles  out 
of  Chicago  several  hundred  thousand  in  excess  of  a  million  people.  One  of  the 
special  advantages  of  the  lake  trips  from  Chicago  is  that  among  them  there  is 
quite  a  list  available  to  the  tourist  whose  time  or  inclination  admits  only  of  short 
trips  of  a  day  or  two  days'  duration,  and  also  that  they  reach  resorts  and  cities 
interesting  to  visit.  These  short  trips  are  shown  by  the  map,  and  of  them  the 
following  may  be  briefly  stated.  It  should  be  borne  in  mind,  however,  that  the 
number  of  trips  per  day  made  by  the  different  lines  to  some  of  the  points  mentioned 
varies  at  different  periods  of  the  season;  also  the  sailing  times  vary  on  different 
days  of  the  week.  Hence,  for  specific  data  for  the  planning  of  a  short  lake  trip, 
one  should,  on  arriving  at  Chicago,  consult  the  daily  papers  and  other  advertising 
mediums  of  the  steamship  companies.  The  outline  given  herein  is  for  the  height 
of  the  season. 

Gasoline  or  electric  launches  leave  the  eastern  end  of  Randolph  Street  viaduct, 
also  Grant  Park,  from  opposite  the  end  of  Van  Buren  Street,  at  frequent  intervals 
during  the  season,  for  Government  Pier,  Lincoln  Park,  Jackson  Park,  and  the 
four  and  six-mile  cribs.  These  are  purely  local  trips,  occupying  a  half  hour  or 
more.  When  the  bathing  season  is  at  its  height,  there  is  also  a  little  steamer  that 
makes  frequent  trips  on  Sundays  between  Manhattan  Beach  and  Jackson  Park. 

The  trip  to  Michigan  City — where  there  are  some  wonderful  sand  dunes  and 
an  embryo  Coney  Island — occupies  about  two  hours  in  each  direction ;  the  round- 
trip,  including  stay  at  Michigan  City,  consuming  from  about  ten  o'clock  in  the 
morning  until  the  evening  dinner  time. 

Along  the  west  coast  an  excursion  steamer  makes  round  trips  by  daylight 
between  Chicago  and  Waukegan.  In  addition,  a  steamer  leaves  Chicago  at  about 
six  o'clock  in  the  evening  and  runs  to  Waukegan  and  Kenosha,  arriving  at  bed 
time;  returning,  it  leaves  those  places  in  the  morning  and  makes  the  daylight  trip 
back  in  about  four  hours  from  Kenosha,  and  three  hours  from  Waukegan. 
Accommodation  for  the  night  can  be  had  at  hotels  on  shore. 

Boats  make  night  runs  in  each  direction  between  Chicago  and  Milwaukee; 
and  in  addition  the  "Whaleback"  S.  S.  Christopher  Columbus  makes  a  round-trip 
day  run,  arriving  back  in  Chicago  between  nine  and  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening. 

The  "Peach  Belt"  and  the  resorts  of  the  Michigan  east  shore  at  St.  Joseph 
and  Benton  Harbor,  South  Haven  and  Ottawa  Beach,  Macatawa  and  Holland  are 
reached  by  both  day  and  night  boats,  the  trip  occupying,  on  the  day  runs,  about 
four,  five  and  six  hours  respectively.  Daily  round  trips  are  made  to  St.  Joseph, 
Benton  Harbor  and  South  Haven.  In  addition,  a  line  of  night  boats  ply  between 
Chicago  and  Grand  Haven  and  Muskegon,  Grand  Haven  being  a  summer  resort 
and  great  fruit  shipping  center. 

In  addition  to  these  short  trips  that  can  be  made  in  the  nature  of  outings 
from  the  city,  there  are,  of  course,  the  longer  trips  on  Lake  Michigan  and  the 
extended  trips  out  of  Chicago  through  all  the  great  lakes  by  direct  lines  and 
connections.  Such  trips,  for  instance,  as  to  Sturgeon  Bay,  Green  Bay,  Escanaba 
and  west  shore  resorts;  Pentwater,  Ludington  and  Manistee  on  the  east  shore; 
Manitou,  Charlevoix  and  Traverse  Bay  points,  and  Mackinac  Island;  Georgian 
Bay  points,  Detroit,  Cleveland  and  Buffalo;  also  Sault  Ste.  Marie  and  Duluth. 
Coupon  ticket  agents  of  the  Illinois  Central  and  connecting  railroads  can  give 
information  as  to  these  long  distance  lake  steamship  trips. 

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DIRECT     TO      CHICAGO 

VIA    THE 

ILLINOIS     CENTRAL     R.   R. 


BEST   OF    DAILY   THROUGH    TRAIN    SERVICE    FROM    THE    SOUTH 

As  shown  by  the  opposite  map,  the  Illinois  Central,  in  addition  to  its  lines  in  other 
directions,  has  a  particularly  strong  group  of  direct  lines  from  the  South  to  Chicago — lines 
with  which  other  roads  from  all  points  southeast  and  southwest  connect  at  important  gate- 
ways. For  this  reason,  together  with  the  fact  of  the  high  standard  of  physical  condition  in 
which  it  is  maintained,  and  the  employment  of  all  modern  mechanical  devices  in  its  operation, 
and  on  account  of  its  eflicient  and  fast  train  service,  the  Illinois  Central  is  a  most  available 
and  popular  railroad  by  which  to  reach  Chicago.  Fast  through  trains  are  run  to  that  won- 
derful city  by  the  lake  from  New  Orleans,  Jacksonville,  Birmingham,  Memphis,  Cairo  and* 
St.  Louis.  These  trains  are  composed  of  substantial  equipment,  meeting  all  the  requirements 
of  comfort  and  attractive  environment  en  route.  It  includes  electric-lighted  sleeping  cars, 
observation  sleeping  cars,  steel  observation  cars,  buffet-club  cars,  dining  cars,  free  steel 
reclining  chair  cars  and  coaches.  In  addition  to  its  unsurpassed  train  service,  the  Central 
offers  its  patrons,  as  also  do  connecting  lines, 

ROUND-TRIP   SUMMER   TOURIST   TICKETS   TO  CHICAGO 

That  is,  from  May  15  to  September  30,  round-trip  summer  tourist  tickets  will  be  on  sale  from 
southern  territory  to  Chicago,  with  a  final  return  limit  of  October  31.  In  addition,  the  usual 
round-trip  summer  tourist  tickets  to  the  resorts  of  various  parts  of  the  country  that  are  on 
sale  during  the  season  and  that  read  through  Chicago, 

ARE     GOOD     FOR     STOP-OVER     IN     CHICAGO 

within  the  limit  of  ticket.  Details  of  conditions  under  which  this  stop-over  will  be  allowed 
can  be  ascertained  of  agent  at  time  ticket  is  purchased. 

Detail  information  as  to  train  service,  specific  fares,  dates  and  limits,  as  well  as  tickets, 
and  any  general  information  tliat  may  be  desired  in  connection  with  a  trip  to  Chicago,  can 
be  had  on  applying  to  any  ticket  agent  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  and  connecting  lines. 
Any  special  advice  that  they  are  unable  to  give,  may  be  had  by  communicating  witli  the 
nearest  of  the  following  Illinois  Central  Representatives : 


New  Orleans,  La. — 

St.  Charles  and  Common  Sts. 
W.  H.  BRILL,  Asst.  Gen'l  Passenger  Agent. 

Nashville,  Tenn.— 

717  First  National  Bank  Building 
H.  C.  CANTWELL.Traveling  Passenger  Agt. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.— 707  Olive  Street 
F.  D.  MILLER,  Division  Passenger  Agent. 

Chicago,  111.— 76  West  Adams  Street 
R.  J.  CAR.\iiCHAEL,Division  Passenger  Agt. 

Memphis,  Tenn.— 

Corner  Main  and  Madison  Sts. 
E.  C.  NEWMAN,  City  Passenger  Agem. 

H.  J.  PHELPS, 
General  Passenger  Agent,  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


Jackson,  Miss.— 

WALTER  BYRNS,  District  Passenger  Agt. 
Jacksonville,  Fla.— 27Hogan  St.,  cor.  Forsyth 

s.  C.  BAIKD,  Florida  Passenger  Agent. 
i:\ansville.  Ind.— 126  Main  Street 

G.  W.  SCHELKE,  Traveling  Passenger  Agt. 
Birmingham,  Ala.— 2010  First  Avenue 

KOBT.  ANDEKSON,  District  Passenger  Agt. 
Houston,  Tex.— 909  Franklin  Avenue 

H.  C.  WKBB,  District  Passenger  Agent. 
San  Antonio,  Tex.-  440  Moore  Building 

T.  F.  BOWES,  Traveling  Passenger  Agent. 
Havana,  Cuba— 11  Obispo  Street 

W.  M.  DANIEL,  General  Agent. 

G.  H.  BOWER, 

General  Passenger  Agent,  MEMPHIS,  TENN. 


S.  G.  HATCH, 
Passenger  Traffic  Manager,  CHICAGO,  ILL. 

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